Prentice Women's Hospital

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The old Prentice Women's Hospital in Streeterville was completed in 1975. It was designed by Bertrand Goldberg so that patients' rooms were within sight of nurses' stations and fathers could be present at childbirth. Preservation groups are fighting to get the building landmark status.

The old Prentice Women's Hospital in Streeterville was completed in 1975. It was designed by Bertrand Goldberg so that patients' rooms were within sight of nurses' stations and fathers could be present at childbirth. Preservation groups are fighting to get the building landmark status. (Phil Velasquez/Chicago Tribune)

The old Prentice Women's Hospital in Streeterville was completed in 1975. It was designed by Bertrand Goldberg so that patients' rooms were within sight of nurses' stations and fathers could be present at childbirth. Preservation groups are fighting to get the building landmark status.